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Discussions about Primary Schools, PSLE, P1 Registration, and primary education in Singapore

• raffles vs hci - does primary school brand even matter?

  honest question - does it really matter if kid goes to "branded" primary school like raffles or hci? i mean eventually everyone takes same psle right? so going to normal neighborhood school vs elite

• dsa arts vs dsa sports - which one easier to get into elite schools?

  looking at dsa options for my p5 daughter and trying to figure out which category gives better chances she's decent at both piano (got grade 5 abrsm) and netball (school team player) but not like nat

• preparing for phase 2b - volunteer hours last minute, too late?

  just realized we messed up and didnt accumulate enough volunteer hours for phase 2b priority my wife and i both work full time and frankly just forgot about this whole volunteer hour thing until now.

• psle science keep getting al3, any good resources?

  hi im p6 student taking psle this year my science always stuck at AL3 (70-75 marks). cannot seem to break through to AL2 or AL1 math and english im doing ok (getting AL1-2) but science is my weak po

• foundation level chinese killing my psle score help 💀

  im taking foundation chinese for psle cause my chinese really really bad. but even foundation level i struggling i can do the math, english, science all ok. but chinese... even foundation also diffic

• balloting results tmr... anyone else cant sleep? 😭

  p1 registration phase 2c results coming out tomorrow morning and i literally cannot sleep applied for anglo chinese (primary) knowing chances are super low but still hoping for miracle if don't get

• mixed level classes in primary school - is my kid getting enough attention?

  my daughters school started implementing more mixed level teaching this year where students doing different levels (foundation/standard/advanced) all in same class the teacher supposed to give differ

• p5 already stressed about psle - is this normal?

  im in p5 now and already feeling so stressed about psle next year my friends all very relaxed but i keep thinking about the exam. like what if i do badly? what if i cannot get into good secondary sch

• oral exam in 2 days, child memorizing vs understanding?

  psle oral exam in 2 days for my son. he's been memorizing a lot of standard phrases and templates for the picture discussion part is this the right approach? or should he focus more on understanding

• psle scoring confusing af - my kid got 8 can go which school?

  seriously i don't understand this AL system at all. my daughter got AL8 (aggregate score 8) for psle and i'm completely lost on which schools she can apply to. back in my time we just had t-score and

• phase 2c chances for chij schools - realistic or not?

  trying to get my daughter into chij st nicholas girls (primary) through phase 2c. we stay quite near the school but no connection/alumni. heard that chij schools very popular and phase 2c is mostly b

• affiliated schools - does sibling priority really work?

  my eldest son currently in anglo chinese primary. younger daughter now going p1 registration. we applying through phase 2a2 (sibling). confirm can get in right? or still got chance of rejection? im

• anglo chinese vs raffles - both offered, how to choose?

  my daughter got offered both acs (primary) and raffles girls primary through phase 2a1 (parent alumni). now we stuck choosing. acs pros: closer to home, mixed school so more balanced rgps pros: bette